#!/bin/sh set -e if [ "$#" -lt "2" ]; then echo "USAGE: $0 " exit 1 fi DST_FILE="$1" shift # Just in case: mkdir -p -- "$(dirname -- "${DST_FILE}")" cleanup() { rm -f -- "${DST_FILE}.tmp" } trap cleanup 0 1 2 3 6 "$@" > "${DST_FILE}.tmp" # If we get here, the command was successful, and we can overwrite the destination. if ! cmp --quiet -- "${DST_FILE}.tmp" "${DST_FILE}"; then # File changed, need to overwrite: mv -f -- "${DST_FILE}.tmp" "${DST_FILE}" fi